1 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
18 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
19 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
20 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
21 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
22 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
23 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
24 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
26 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
28 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
35 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
36 The most important changes are:
37 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
38 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
41 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
42 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
43 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
44 distinction. Closes: #464230.
45 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
46 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
47 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
48 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
49 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
50 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
52 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
53 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
55 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
56 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
58 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
59 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
61 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
63 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
64 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
66 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
67 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
68 Closes: #512620, #510783.
70 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
72 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
76 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
77 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
78 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
79 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
80 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
81 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
82 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
84 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
86 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
89 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
90 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
91 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
92 release codenames in <literal>
93 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
94 doesn't exist anymore.
95 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
96 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
97 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
98 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
99 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
100 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
101 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
102 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
103 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
104 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
105 team before upload. Closes: #459343
106 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
107 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
108 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
109 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
110 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
111 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
112 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
114 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
115 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
117 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
118 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
119 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
120 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
121 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
122 Thomas. Closes: #485837
124 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
125 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
127 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
129 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
133 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
134 - fix debian/copyright
135 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
136 - add pdf for French version.
137 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
138 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
139 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
140 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
141 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
142 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
143 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
144 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
145 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
147 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
148 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
150 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
152 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
153 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
154 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
155 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
156 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
157 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
159 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
162 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
163 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
164 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
165 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
166 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
167 * Update information concerning Alioth.
168 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
169 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
171 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
172 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
174 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
177 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
179 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
181 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
183 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
184 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
186 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
187 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
188 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
190 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
191 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
192 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
194 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
195 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
196 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
197 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
198 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
199 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
200 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
201 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
202 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
203 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
204 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
205 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
207 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
208 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
209 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
210 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
211 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
212 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
213 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
214 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
215 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
216 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
220 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
222 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
224 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
227 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
228 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
229 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
230 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
231 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
232 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
234 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
236 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
238 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
240 - non-us discontinued.
241 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
243 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
244 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
245 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
246 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
247 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
248 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
249 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
250 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
251 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
252 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
253 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
254 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
255 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
256 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
257 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
258 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
259 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
260 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
262 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
263 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
265 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
268 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
270 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
272 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
275 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
276 - madison is on merkel.
277 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
278 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
279 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
280 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
281 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
282 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
284 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
285 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
286 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
287 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
288 - sync NM rules with reality.
290 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
292 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
294 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
297 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
298 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
299 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
300 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
301 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
302 - spelling, grammer fixes.
303 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
304 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
305 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
306 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
307 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
308 - add myself to uploaders.
309 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
310 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
311 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
312 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
313 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
314 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
315 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
316 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
317 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
318 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
319 - rewrote the NMU section, and
320 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
321 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
322 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
323 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
324 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
325 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
326 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
327 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
329 - Security uploads get urgency=high
330 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
332 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
334 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
336 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
339 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
340 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
341 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
342 - documented Alioth, somewhat
344 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
345 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
347 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
348 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
349 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
350 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
354 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
356 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
357 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
358 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
359 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
364 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
367 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
369 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
370 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
371 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
373 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
374 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
375 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
376 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
379 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
381 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
382 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
383 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
384 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
385 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
387 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
388 it clear these are special cases
389 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
391 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
395 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
398 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
399 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
401 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
405 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
408 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
410 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
411 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
412 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
414 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
415 - the synopsis formula changed to either
416 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
418 <package-name> is <synopsis>
420 <package-name> are <synopsis>
422 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
423 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
424 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
425 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
426 package; closes: #187143
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
430 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
433 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
434 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
436 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
438 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
439 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
440 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
441 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
442 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
443 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
444 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
445 right places in the document, closes: #172897
446 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
450 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
452 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
453 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
454 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
455 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
456 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
457 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
458 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
460 - editorial changes on material added in this version
461 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
462 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
463 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
464 closes: #139957, #108416
465 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
466 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
470 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
475 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
476 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
477 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
478 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
480 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
481 for best practices for documentation
482 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
483 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
484 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
485 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
487 - spell-checking pass
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
491 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
494 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
495 descriptions" moved under there
496 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
497 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
498 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
499 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
500 the document where these tools are discussed
501 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
502 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
503 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
504 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
505 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
506 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
508 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
509 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
510 that can be fixed by DDP folks
511 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
512 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
513 - simply PS and PDF building rules
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
517 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
520 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
521 section and adjusted links
522 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
524 - ChangeLog attribution updates
525 - fix typos, closes: #171781
526 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
527 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
528 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
529 for debian/rules", and write an intro
530 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
531 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
532 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
533 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
534 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
535 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
536 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
537 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
538 "Internationalization"
539 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
540 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
541 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
542 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
543 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
544 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
545 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
546 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
547 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
549 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
550 rather useless and broken
551 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
552 names and the first word
553 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
554 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
555 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
557 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
558 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
559 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
563 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
566 - DDP publishing update
568 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
569 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
570 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
571 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
575 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
578 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
579 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
580 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
582 - added myself as co-author
583 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
585 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
586 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
588 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
589 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
593 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
596 - Corrected several errors with —
597 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
598 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
599 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
600 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
601 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
602 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
603 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
605 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
606 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
607 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
608 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
609 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
610 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
611 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
612 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
613 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
615 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
616 descriptions". closes: #158609
617 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
618 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
619 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
620 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
621 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
623 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
624 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
625 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
626 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
627 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
628 - updated the mailing lists section
630 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
631 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
636 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
640 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
642 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
644 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
645 Ch "The Debian Archive"
647 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
649 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
650 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
651 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
652 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
653 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
655 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
656 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
657 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
658 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
659 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
660 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
661 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
663 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
664 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
667 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
668 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
669 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
670 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
671 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
672 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
673 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
674 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
675 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
676 work-around with <...>
677 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
678 - update copyright date
679 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
680 - spell check and grammar corrections
684 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
686 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
687 recompile"; closes: #102626
688 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
689 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
690 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
691 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
692 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
694 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
695 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
696 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
698 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
700 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
701 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
702 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
703 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
704 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
705 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
706 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
707 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
708 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
710 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
712 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
714 - updated the list of available architectures.
715 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
716 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
717 of the package and nothing more.
718 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
719 any pain to the ftpmasters.
720 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
721 the use of the delayed queue.
722 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
723 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
725 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
726 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
727 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
728 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
729 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
730 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
731 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
733 - new Sec "Documentation"
734 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
735 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
736 "Being kind to porter" too
737 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
738 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
739 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
740 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
741 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
743 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
744 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
747 - update French translation
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
751 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
754 - some grammar corrections
755 - update French translation
757 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
758 anymore; closes: #135559
759 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
761 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
763 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
764 that would be welcome)
765 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
766 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
767 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
768 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
769 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
770 - other minor wording changes
771 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
772 - Ch "Package uploads":
773 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
774 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
775 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
776 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
777 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
778 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
779 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
783 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
785 * from Martin Michlmayr
786 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
787 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
788 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
790 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
792 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
794 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
796 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
797 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
798 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
801 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
803 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
808 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
813 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
814 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
815 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
816 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
817 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
818 talking about uploading to distributions
819 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
820 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
821 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
823 - French translation updated
825 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
826 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
827 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
834 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
835 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
840 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
843 * fix a typo in a link
844 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
845 update documentation accordingly
847 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
848 forwarding bugs upstream
850 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
851 entities which should be used
852 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
853 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
859 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
860 * French version: completely up-to-date now
861 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
862 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
864 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
871 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
873 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
874 this translation needs updating
875 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
876 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
877 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
879 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
880 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
881 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
883 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
884 included yet, however
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
888 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
890 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
892 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
893 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
895 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
899 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
901 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
902 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
903 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
905 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
909 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
912 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
913 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
914 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
915 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
916 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
917 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
918 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
919 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
920 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
921 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
922 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
923 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
925 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
926 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
927 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
928 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
929 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
931 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
933 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
934 * update copyright notice for 2001
935 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
936 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
937 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
941 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
943 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
945 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
947 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
951 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
954 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
956 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
957 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
958 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
959 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
960 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
961 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
962 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
963 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
964 could be used if necessary
965 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
966 mention the rsync dupload method
967 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
969 * other small corrections
970 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
971 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
972 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
973 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
975 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
977 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
978 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
982 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
984 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
985 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
986 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
987 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
989 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
990 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
991 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
992 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
993 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
995 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
997 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
998 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
999 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1000 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1001 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1002 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1003 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1005 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1006 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1007 - added a section about the LDAP database
1008 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1009 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1011 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1012 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1019 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1020 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1022 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1023 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1024 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1025 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1026 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1027 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1028 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1029 description from developers-reference.sgml
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1033 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1036 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1038 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1040 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1041 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1042 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1043 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1044 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1045 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1046 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1047 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1048 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1049 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1051 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1052 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1053 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1054 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1056 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1057 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1058 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1059 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1060 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1061 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1062 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1063 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1064 suggestion from James Troup
1065 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1066 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1067 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1068 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1076 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1083 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1084 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1085 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1086 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1087 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1088 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1092 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1095 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1096 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1097 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1098 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1099 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1101 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1102 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1104 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1108 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1112 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1113 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1114 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1115 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1116 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1118 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1119 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1120 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1121 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1123 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1124 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1125 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1126 a normal developer may have access.
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1133 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1134 step all over each other
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1141 address for PGP key updates
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1148 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1149 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1150 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1151 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1158 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1159 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1160 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1161 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1162 <keyring-maint> instead)
1163 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1164 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1166 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1168 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1169 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1170 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1174 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1176 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1177 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1178 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1179 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1180 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1181 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1183 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1184 tighten up the language a bit
1185 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1186 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1187 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1188 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1190 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1191 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1192 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1193 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1194 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1195 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1197 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1198 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1199 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1200 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1201 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1202 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1203 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1204 number of available packages
1205 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1206 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1210 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1217 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * not officially released
1220 * more spelling corrections
1221 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1225 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * not officially released
1228 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1229 * some PGP-centricity removed
1230 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1231 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1232 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1233 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1234 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1235 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1239 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1241 * not officially released
1242 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1243 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1244 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1245 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1246 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1247 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1248 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1249 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1250 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1251 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1252 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1253 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1254 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1255 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1257 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1258 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1260 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1262 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1263 take a couple of weeks
1264 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1265 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1266 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1267 excited about it and can't wait
1268 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1269 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1271 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1272 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1274 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1275 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1276 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1280 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1282 * move to 3-level version number:
1283 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1284 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1285 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1286 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1287 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1290 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1291 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1292 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1294 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1296 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1297 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1298 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1299 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1300 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1301 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1303 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1305 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1306 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1307 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1308 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1309 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1310 - "The CVS server": new section added
1311 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1313 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1314 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1315 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1316 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1317 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1318 with respect to GPG.
1319 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1320 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1321 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1322 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1323 a canonical location?)
1324 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1325 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1326 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1327 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1329 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1331 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1332 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1333 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1334 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1336 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1338 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1341 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1342 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1343 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1344 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1345 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1346 and should not be included in this Reference.
1347 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1348 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1349 maintainer tools only!
1350 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1351 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1352 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1353 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1354 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1355 * Little corrections here and there.
1356 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1357 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1360 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1362 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1365 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1366 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1368 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1369 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1370 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1371 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1372 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1373 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1374 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1375 do prior to uploading
1376 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1377 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1379 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1380 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1381 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1382 duties with respect to bugs
1383 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1384 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1385 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1387 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1388 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1389 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1390 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1391 explicit what is used to build this package
1393 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1399 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1400 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1401 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1402 * utilize the new URL tag
1403 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1406 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1408 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1410 * non-maintainer release
1411 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1412 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1413 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1414 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1415 text, it can't hurt you.)
1416 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1417 reflect this packages version number
1418 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1420 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1422 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1426 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1428 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1430 * New version numbering scheme:
1432 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1433 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1434 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1437 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1438 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1439 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1440 differ between the manuals.
1442 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1443 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1444 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1445 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1447 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1448 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1450 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1454 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1458 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1459 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1461 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1462 (as requested by James Troup)
1464 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1466 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1470 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1472 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1474 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1476 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1478 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1479 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1480 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1481 the non-maintainer release
1483 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1484 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1485 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1488 - Lots of typos fixed
1490 * Compressed SGML source code
1492 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1493 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1495 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1499 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1502 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1503 - Announcing package uploads
1504 * New section about Debian Mentors
1505 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1506 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1507 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1508 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1512 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1515 of our FTP server and the development process
1516 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1517 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1518 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1520 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1521 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1522 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1523 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1524 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1525 contacting the maintainer
1526 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1527 a new manual released soon)
1528 * Some minor changes
1529 * Include SGML source in package
1530 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1531 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1535 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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